Lost Time - Production Blog

02/03/2020 Over the past week, we have made some changes to our pre-production documents such as scripts, shot lists and locations. We have decided to change locations to Ryde Arcadia as we couldn't get a location agreement in time. The new location will be used in Act 2 for the arcade scene. We have also completed all our storyboards required and all our locations have been agreed on for tomorrows shoot. Today we will be gathering equipment and checking them to make sure it is all working and to make sure we have them secured for tomorrows shoot. We have been given the TASCAM to replace the ZOOM recorder as of the failure of the shoot on Friday 28th February. We have all been shown how to use the TASCAM and I will be using the TASCAM to record the audio for the rest of our production. We have planned to record Act 2 scene 2 and 3 (Cafe and Arcadia) tomorrow, Act 1 and Act 3 on Sunday 08/03/2020 and Act 2 scene 1 on 10/03/2020. After all these shoots are complete we will ha...

Date: 25/02/2020 Since the last progress update (07/02/2020), we have made more progress with the production process.  Firstly, the scripts for all acts are complete. Now that the scripts are complete, storyboards are now being developed. The script was completed yesterday although storyboards were being developed using completed scenes in the script. As well as scripts, the shot list was completed today. Storyboards will also be completed later this week.  We have also secured two main actors that we'd need for the production. We have discussed with them the script and what days they are available on. Using this information, we have decided to begin filming on Friday 28th February 2020 to film Act 2 Scene 1. Locations are also being arranged for our production. The College is one of our locations which has been risk assessment, remote surveys have been created and now a location recce is our last document to be produced.   

Date: 07/02/2020 Since our pitch on 27th January, we have made a lot of progress on our production. After our pitch, everyone in the group created an Individual Treatment. The Treatment is a short summary of key characters in the film, synopsis, crew and the three acts of the story.  Treatment  We have also begun to write our script for each act. Once we finish the first acts script, we can then begin with the storyboard and the shot list. The first act of the story is the introductions of the characters. As of now, the script for Act 1 is complete and the storyboard is being developed as well as the shot list. Tilly, who is the director of the production, also got into contact with potential talent. All talent have agreed to be apart of the production. We will create talent forms, talent profiles and figure out dates to which we can film on within the next few weeks. We have also created a production schedule, depicting when we plan to do each step of production (pre...

Today was the day of our pitch. As of now, our pitch has been approved and now we can fully start with the Pre-Production process. We have a new deadline which is on January 30th to produce an individual treatment. This is a full summary of our entire production. In the treatment we have to provide a working title, writers name and contact information, short logline, introductions to key characters, who what when  why and where and all three acts of the story

Our production group has been formed and now we are beginning to plan and develop our idea for a short film. We started by thinking of what we could come up with regarding each genre that we could use. We first decided everyone's roles throughout the production, the roles are as specified: Producer - Amber Hersey Director - Tilly Jones Camera - Reece Dewey Sound - Adam Page Editor - INDIVIDUAL EDITS Everyone in the production group will have to edit the production as it is linked with Unit 16 (Video Editing Unit) After we decided on the roles, we then started to brainstorm ideas. We decided to go with a Mystery Thriller & Crime Drama short film and made a shared word document to develop our idea. We finished the day with a general idea and how we wanted to plan out our idea.  And now we have a pitch to present on the 27th January. The pitch is complete and ready to present. After our pitch has been approved, we can begin to create storyboards, shot lists, ...